The Journey to Addis

Day 1:

We have successfully arrived in Ethiopia and are now in our hotels catching up on sleep (or trying to).

The plane ride over consisted of flying to Dallas, Texas for a night where I met everyone on the team and even tried my first Whataburger Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit (what?!) This deep fried chicken sandwich doused in honey butter reminded me that soon we will not have access to such luxuries in Addis Ababa with the exception of McDonalds, maybe.

After an early morning group Bible study, the staff members brought us up to speed on what to expect culturally, mentally, physically, and spiritually when staying in Addis. We then flew nine hours to our first stop, Frankfurt, Germany. We had the pleasure of watching the beautiful sunset and sunrise from the window with an unending twilight in between. We landed safely in Frankfurt where we loaded up on bratwurst, burgers, and coffee.

The next flight we took went from Frankfurt with a quick pit stop in Khartoum, Sudan. It honestly looked like Mars due to the smog. It felt like another planet. This was the first striking image that made me realize how far out of my comfort zone I am:

There is no color correction or filter, that was the actual color of the sky.

Once we arrived in Addis, we regrouped and were greeted with flowers by some of the staff members from the Great Commission Ministry. We packed ourselves tightly into a van with our luggage and headed to the hotel.

And here we are.

This is a link to a brief, 1:30 video diary of our travels thus far. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up, though the quality of the video may decline in the future for the sake of faster uploading time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOcV1u6ohbc&feature=youtu.be

Stay tuned for more!

Got all my support and heading to Ethiopia today! The first  speed bump of the trip is that my flight is delayed until 4pm. Patience!

Quick update: After receiving generous donations in the past two weeks, I only have $900 left to go! Thank you again to everyone who has generously donated!

If you want to make a donation, please follow the link and instructions in the previous post. 

Another video update will be up in the following week.

Peace!

Greetings!

Hi everyone, thanks for checking out my blog. Please watch my first video post as you get up to speed on where I will be going from June 23rd to July 28 and what I will be doing. You  will also experience me in my awkward state as I find it very strange talking in front of a camera.

I am still raising support for my trip until June 23 and I am in the final stretch. The goal is $5,500 and I have only $1,500 to go! If anyone wishes to donate, go to the following link: https://give.cru.org/give/View/5625269?pp= and forward me the confirmation notice at infantsinethiopia@gmail.com. For any other questions/comments, you can reach me at the same address.

I'll repeat it even though I said it in the video, THANK YOU to everyone who has been really supportive and encouraging through prayer, donations and advice. Thank you for all the love and care from everyone  in the past months. I can only imagine what God will show me on this 5 week journey. Join me by following along, peace!